Mom Performs At-Home Circumcision With Box Cutter

I didn't think it would be possible to bring the pro-circumcision and intactivists to the same table and have them break bread, but the impossible has happened. A story of circumcision so horrifying no one can agree with it has come out of Oregon. At least . . . I'm hoping no one thinks it's a good idea to try your own at-home circumcision with a pair of pliers and a box cutter? Really?

Keemonta Peterson, the mom who allegedly pulled this awful stunt on her 3 month old baby, told police she watched YouTube videos before she decided to use the pliers as a tourniquet and the box cutter as her "scalpel." America, I'm sorry, but a bunch of YouTube videos does not a doctor or a mohel make! Either side of the aisle agrees circumcision is a big deal! If it IS done, it takes someone with solid experience cutting into a little boy's delicate flesh.

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Not surprisingly, the little boy started bleeding uncontrollably, but Peterson at least had the good sense to call 911. He was rushed to the hospital, but he's doing OK now.﻿ The mom is facing assault and criminal mistreatment charges.

What do you think? Is this one of those battlegrounds that will bring moms on either side to the table?